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Seven troops killed in fresh Yemen attack
ADEN - Militants killed seven Yemeni soldiers in an attack on their outpost in southern Yemen early on Sunday, the defence ministry said, a day after at least 20 troops were killed in a similar raid by Islamist fighters linked to al Qaeda.The defence ministrys September 26 news portal said seven soldiers were martyred in a treacherous terrorist attack on their outpost near the city of Shibam, in the southern Hadramout province. Almotamar, an online website run by former President Ali Abdullah Salehs General Peoples Congress party, said Sundays attack took place at dawn when militants stormed a military outpost. The attack bears the fingerprints of al Qaeda, it quoted a security source as saying without giving further details. The attack appeared to mirror Saturdays, in which militants raided the al-Hurur military checkpoint in the southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 soldiers, according to a senior military official. Posted by: Steve White 2012-04-02 |
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